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After begging to get out of the house, Floridians traveled to Cocoa Beach last weekend and leftover 13,000 pounds of trash for others to pick up. That just downright nasty!
People often leave their mess for others to clean up because it’s beyond them to leave an area as lovely as it was when they arrived. There’s a name for people like that.
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Humans tend to not care about the environment contrary to their constant grandstanding. The handful of people who lack in and lack out their refuse is becoming non-existent in this “modern” world. It seems to be the younger generations, with all their bravado about protecting the world for them, seem only to don’t put their preaching into practice.
Don’t blame the restaurants, fast food businesses for the garbage. That’s all on the beachgoers. I’m betting it made them feel at home amongst the garbage.
Chief Scott Rosenfeld released a statement; “Our community works very hard to be stewards of environmental sustainability. If I need to reallocate critical resources during our peak season to combat litterers, we are no longer asking our visitors to comply with our litter laws, we expect it, and there will be consequences for offenders.”
[USA Today] As coronavirus restrictions begin to ease, people and their trash have been inundating Brevard’s beaches.
Over 13,000 pounds of trash picked up at Cocoa Beach last weekend – less than a month after it reopened on April 21. As a result, officials are cracking down on littering, increasing fines and enforcement.
Littering in Cocoa Beach can now fetch offenders a $250 fine.
“As restrictions are becoming more relaxed during this pandemic, the City of Cocoa Beach is beginning to see an influx of day-trippers to our beaches, along with piles of unlawfully discarded trash in their wake,” Cocoa Beach Police Department wrote in a notice.
“This will not be tolerated.”
According to Cocoa Beach police, officers must witness a littering offense first hand to issue a citation. Anyone who wants to report littering is still encouraged to call police at 321-868-3251.
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I have a friend who lives in Aptos, California ( a beach community). He has said that the beaches are open in the morning UNTIL 11 a.m. and then re-open again at 5 p.m.
This discourages the day-trippers (with their trash and coolers) from coming down but leaves the beaches open for the locals for walks and sunset views in the morning and evenings. Great idea.
Disregard for nature and the environment, disregard for the common good, disregard for the health, disregard for morality, ethics, laws, contempt for truth and science, disregard for others’ feelings. They are all related and probably have the same root.
This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on May 10, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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